Don't Tolerate Junk

June 7, 1987

SENTINEL readers resent efforts to outlaw X-rated videocassettes. We have similar arguments against our efforts to rid Mobile of these slimeflicks. I see a parallel between pornography and toxic materials. When DDT was first marketed as an insecticide, it was hailed as a breakthrough. Now we know the environmental harm it has done. This is one reason Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1982. The ill effects of porn are there, even if they are not readily visible.

Orlando has too much good entertainment to offer to tolerate this junk.